Labor Education to Reduce Postpartum Traumatic Stress
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Postpartum Complication, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
In brief
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is determine if education on common events in labor in nulliparous women can reduce the postpartum traumatic symptoms. The main question it aims to answer are: * Does prenatal education on labor events reduce post-traumatic symptoms, as measured by thePost Traumatic Stress Disorder Cecklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Health Disorders (PCL-5) at 6 weeks postpartum? * Does prenatal education on labor affect labor outcomes? Participants will be given surveys: * At enrollment on mental health and previous traumatic experiences * After education on expectations on childbirth * After delivery on experience of childbirth * At 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum on traumatic symptoms and mental health outcomes. They will also have the option to participate in collection of discarded cerebrospinal fluid, blood and serum and physiologic sensitivity testing.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06992791
- Run by
- University of California, San Diego
- People needed
- 400
- Starts
- 2025-10-14
- Expected to finish
- 2027-06-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-23
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 51. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Maternal age > 18 years
- Nulliparous
- Singleton pregnancy between 18-30 weeks
- English Speaking
You may not qualify if…
- Prenatal care outside of UCSD
- Plan to deliver outside of UCSD
- Contraindications to vaginal delivery at time of enrollment
- Major fetal anomalies at time of Level II Ultrasound
- No access to smart phone and/or internet
Where it is running
- University of California, San Diego — San Diego, California, United States
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